Week08

Introduction to Western Literature:

1.      Fair: beautiful

2.      Exhibit: To show outwardly; display.

3.      Aeneas: a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite.

Aeneas flees burning Troy

4.      Dido: primarily known from the account given by the Roman poet Virgil in his epic, Aeneid.

Aeneas recounting the Trojan War to Dido

5.      Eros(Cupid): the Greek god of love.

The Eros Farnese

6.      Wreck: The act of destroying or the state of being destroyed; destruction.

7.      Invoke: To call on (a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration.

8.      Stab: To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.

9.      Hera(Juno): Queen of the Gods, Goddess of Marriage, Women, Childbirth, and Family.

The Campana Hera

10.  Virgil: an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.

Depiction of Virgil

11.  Augustus: is the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.

12.  Vanity Fair: 浮華世界。a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle and Anthony Bushell.

Theatrical release poster

13.  Vanity vanity all is vanity.

14.  Listen to the You are so vain

15.  My Fair Lady: a 1964 American musical film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe eponymous stage musical based on the 1938 film adaptation of the original 1913 stage play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.

Theatrical release poster

16.  Affair: A sexual relationship between two people, especially when at least one of them is married or in another committed romantic relationship.

17.  Pygmalion: a sculptor who fell in love with his statue.

18.  Galatea: a name popularly applied to the statue carved of ivory by Pygmalion of Cyprus, which then came to life, in Greek mythology.

Étienne Maurice Falconet: Pygmalion et Galatée

19.  Pygmalion effect: the phenomenon whereby higher expectations lead to an increase in performance.

20.  Bicentennial Man: a 1999 American science fiction comedy-drama film starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Wendy Crewson, and Oliver Platt. Based on the novel The Positronic Man, co-written by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg, which is itself based on Asimov's original novella titled The Bicentennial Man, the plot explores issues of humanity, slavery, prejudice, maturity, intellectual freedom, conformity, sex, love, and mortality.

Promotional poster

21.  Patron God: a deity or spirit who is a guardian, patron or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture or occupation.

22.  St. Christopher: one of the most popular, yet most enigmatic Catholic figures. He is considered a saint, although he is not in the official canon of the saints. He is listed as a martyr, possibly named Reprobus, who died under the Roman Emperor Decius, in 251 AD. Most Catholics refer to him as Saint Christopher anyway, and his medals and devotions are among the most common in Catholicism.

St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child